TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - On the reinforcing effects of the content of verbal attention
JO  - Journal of applied behavior analysis
A1  - Fisher, W. W.
A1  - Ninness, H. A.
A1  - Piazza, C. C.
A1  - Owen-DeSchryver, J. S.
SP  - 235
EP  - 238
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - During a functional analysis, a boy with autism and oppositional defiant disorder displayed destructive behavior that was maintained by attention in the form of verbal reprimands (e.g., "Don't hit me"). In a second analysis, contingent verbal reprimands produced higher rates of the behavior than contingent statements that were unrelated to the target response (e.g., "It is sunny today"), suggesting that some forms of attention were more reinforcing than others. A treatment based on these analyses reduced the behavior to near-zero levels.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-8855
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1996.29-235
ID  - ref1
ER  -